The present paper puts the argument forward that social policy analysis todaylost very much its ground of systematically approaching its objective. Ratherthan analysing the objective relations, processes and their foundation politicalarguments and discourses are very much developed on moral grounds andremain on the level of studying empirical evidence. In this way they fail toprovide both, a sound analysis and the development of strategic thinking forpolicy development.After briefly reminding at some issues brought up by classical analysis ofclass structures and stratification theories, the text goes on by utilising theseperspectives for cursorily assessing some trends in major fields of EU socialpolicy debates. Hereby the ground is provided for looking for principal pointsof tensions in policy analysis and development, not least reminding criticaland left approaches to avoid the trap of a kind of left-intellectual populism.

Item Type: MPRA Paper -

Original Title: Classical Class Analysis and Assessment of Contemporary Eu-Policies - Ontology and Epistemology of Social Policy Debates-

Language: English-

Keywords: History of Economic Thought through 1925; Value of Life; Forgone Income; Public Policy-